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Dangote Group, the Nigerian industrial conglomerate, has signed deals to build a cement factory and make phosphate into fertiliser in Togo, the small West African country’s government has announced.

Dangote signed a deal to build a cement factory at a cost of around $60 million. Construction of the factory is set to start in Q1 2020 and it will begin producing by the end of next year, the government statement reported by Reuters news agency said.

The cement would serve the Togolese market as well as

MPA: Modest rise in construction market demand for mineral products expected to be short-lived without Following a broad-based weakening in the first half of 2019, UK construction market demand for mineral products, including aggregates, asphalt, ready-mixed concrete (RMC) and mortar, improved in Q3 2019 compared to the previous quarter. Growth in mortar sales was the strongest, up 5.2% compared to Q2 2019, followed by asphalt (4.1%), aggregates (2.7%) and ready-mixed concrete (RMC) (1.4%).

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A new global certificate is being launched that aims to solve the worldwide mineral industry issue of inconsistent certification schemes.

The CERA certificate has been in development since 2015, led by DMT, an independent engineering and consulting company based in Germany. The new scheme has received financial support from EIT RawMaterials.

DMT claims that the introduction of CERA will guarantee "a consistent standard of environmental, social and economic impact throughout the entire raw materials va

Hanson has laid over 1,000 tonnes of its new Tufflayer asphalt to extend the life of a section of the A338 Bournemouth Spur Road in Dorset, South-West England.

It is the first time the company has laid the product, which has been designed to address the issues associated with reflective cracking, in the UK.

Tufflayer is a high-performance asphalt stress absorbing membrane interlayer (SAMI), which incorporates Shell Cariphalte Dense Mixture bitumen to provide optimal flexibility. It is a cost-effective

A new key report states that African cement industry’s value will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.9% a year to 2029 due to the growing number of infrastructure projects across the continent.

‘The African Cement Market Report 2019’ by ResearchandMarkets.com, a leading industry market research consultancy, states that the rise in consumption of cement is expected to result in cement consumption of around 4.5 billion tonnes per annum by the end of 2019. Global cement consumption has been

Aggregate Industries has recently supplied its ultra-red asphalt for the surfacing of a new cycle lane in the city centre of Sheffield, UK.

The construction materials company the surfacing project is part of its mission to improve road safety through better colour demarcation.

The project comes at a time of heightened concerns over cycle safety, with latest figures showing the number of cyclists killed or seriously injured in Great Britain has increased by 29% from 2008 to 20181. Aggregate Industries